Asus H87M-PRO manual Internal connectors, SATA6G5 SATA6G6

1.2.9Internal connectors

1.Intel® H87 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1/6 [yellow])

These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables.

If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology through the onboard Intel® H87 chipset.

SATA6G_5	SATA6G_6
GND RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXN5 GND RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_RXP5 GND	GND RSATA_TXP6 RSATA_TXN6 GND RSATA_RXN6 RSATA_RXP6 GND
SATA6G_3	SATA6G_4

GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXP3 GND

SATA6G_1

GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4 GND RSATA_RXN4 RSATA_RXP4 GND

SATA6G_2

H87M-PRO

GND RSATA TXP1 RSATA TXN1 GND RSATA RXN1 RSATA RXP1 GND GND RSATA TXP2 RSATA TXN2 GND RSATA RXN2 RSATA RXP2 GND

H87M-PRO Intel® SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors

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•These connectors are set to [AHCI Mode] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to [RAID Mode]. Refer to section 3.6.3 SATA Configuration for details.

•Before creating a RAID set, refer to section 5.1 RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD.

•When using NCQ, set the SATA Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to section

3.6.3 SATA Configuration for details.

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